
We have an important product evaluation coming up for an enterprise client and I need to know what will or will not work between Notes and iPhone and what solutions we can reliably recommend to our customers. After talking to our CEO, I decided to evaluate two products, Notesbook and CompanionLink, and blog through my experience. The first product I will be reviewing is CompanionLink.

I recommend downloading the DejaOffice app from the AppStore first, and then downloading the desktop application. For now, I set the software to sync manually. The installation of the software went very smoothly, although I had some small glitches syncing with my iPhone at first. I believe this is because in the initial setup wizard, I allowed DejaOffice to access My Apple Contacts and Calendar. Once I disabled them, my data seemed to sync correctly. It is interesting to note that your Lotus Notes Journal database appears under "DejaMemos" rather than under the "DejaJournal".
So far, I was relatively pleased with the setup process and am satisfied that I can access the information in my Reference Database. I would love to discover a way to sync multiple Reference Databases in the future. CompanionLink offers a free 14-day trial, and over the next two weeks I plan to thoroughly test the Lotus Notes compatibility and determine whether or not CompanionLink is a viable solution for syncing the Reference Database and possibly replacing IBM Traveler.
UPDATE: Here is a helpful resource designed to give specific directions regarding synchronizing eProductivity with DejaOffice.
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